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FeaturesNoneBug fixesFixed an issue where the new measurement qualification algorithm was not taking into account the audio device driver’s flagging and counting of recording discontinuities. The potential effect for users updating from 3.10.3 is that measurements that were previously approved could now be marked as imprecise (with the exclamation mark). However, this will only affect a small subset of users having tested this new measurement qualification functionality.Fixed an issue where Dirac Live 3.10.3 could not be installed on MacOS 12 or older. It now installs on MacOS versions back to 10.14.Fixed a problem in Volume Calibration where the stimuli gain could be reset to maximum instead of 0dB.Fixed a problem on MacOS where window size and position was not remembered between sessions.Known issuesFilter export to devices from Onkyo/Integra/Pioneer take longer time than usual, but it eventually completes.It is not possible to use the Qt installer maintenancetool to uninstall the Dirac Live application on Intel-based Macs running MacOS 15.Workaround: It is possible to install a newer version of Dirac Live without first uninstalling.DownloadWindows: macOS:

If you're seeing a warning about "imprecise measurements", or that the microphone is picking up a very low gain (error 206: low signal to noise), here is a list of general tips and tricks which has helped other end users in the same situation. Try these tips in the following order:Make sure the microphone has been granted permission to be used by Dirac Live (this is the first and most important thing to check for Mac users). macOS System Preferences => Security & Privacy => Microphone => Dirac Live => ONMake sure the computer is not running any other heavy tasks while using Dirac Live.Insert the laptop charger cable before doing the measurement process.Check power / energy saving settings. Make sure the computer is not in any power saving mode.Turn off "enhanced sound" (any kind of spatial experience enhancing etc) in Win/Mac sound/audio settings.Mac users should turn off "Voice Isolation" and select "Standard" instead. This option can be found in the top right row of icons whenever Dirac Live is being used. More info about this feature: a measurement point a few times.If applicable, use another USB port for the microphone (some USB ports handle audio better than others). Always connect the microphone through a powered USB extension cable (not a USB hub).Change USB cables, they can be broken. An active/powered USB cable is recommended if longer than 5 meters.Try to go through the calibration/measurement process without loading the calibration file of the microphone.If your AVR comes with a bundled microphone, please try to perform the measurements with that one (not applicable with Denon & Marantz since their mic is only for Audyssey).Try another microphone or other audio cables for the microphone connection.Try another computer.

FutureAudiophile.com offers affiliate links and the money that we make from them helps pays for our content. Reading Time: 11 minutesNo one brand has impacted more audiophiles in their early years than NAD. For my fourteenth birthday, my Dad generously bought me a Nakamichi Music Bank CD changer, a pretty sweet NAD receiver, a pair of Polk floorstanding speakers, and some classic Monster Cable to connect it all. Much like many of my reviewers around that era, I was hooked on audio from that moment on. In the years/decades following that, I have been blessed enough to own pretty much every other brand of high-end audio component and dozens more ultra-cool audiophile speakers. I think Nancy Reagan said it best when she called NAD components the audiophile “gateway drug,” and no, none of us “said No” to NAD, because the value was what we needed, and the performance delivered above its asking price.The NAD M10 V3 integrated amp, priced at $2,499, is a diminutive component that has a feature list that reads like an audiophile’s dream come true. This little sucker delivers everything from a modern Class-D amp to a BlueSound Node, basically right in the chassis, to HDMI for eARC to Dirac LE room correction (with mic included and an upgrade path for $99 for full Dirac Live aka: full-range room correction – not just bass) and much, much more. There are other quality, all-in-one audiophile integrated amps on the market today (think: just add speaker-type components), but few take on this challenge with knives this professionally sharpened. The audiophile community holds NAD’s Master Series products to a very high standard in terms of performance, while never allowing them the budget that other brands demand. Can the NAD M10 V3 integrated amp live up to that unrealistic and seemingly unreasonable challenge? Let’s find out. The LED screen on the NAD M10 is more modern and sexy than even a McIntosh product.What Makes the NAD M10 V3 Integrated Amp Special? How can 100 watts (160 when pushed to maximum measured output) of real-world power come from such a small audiophile

PerformanceFeaturesErgonomicsValuePRICE $6,499AT A GLANCEPlus15 x 150 watts of powerAudyssey and Dirac (extra-cost) room correctionComprehensive surround and up-mixing abilitiesFlexible amplifier, channel assignmentsHEOS multiroom/streaming ecosystemMinusNo system-wide user-presetsHEOS streaming omits some servicesTHE VERDICTA flagship AV receiver fully worthy of the name.Clicks on our links may earn us a commission. Thank you for your support.Remember when cars ran on gasoline, cell phones flipped, and you needed a forklift to get a flagship-model AV receiver onto your equipment rack?Denon does. Its new pennant-flying model, the AVR-A1H, clocks in at an impressive 71 pounds. And while I managed to hoist our sample onto my rack unaided—mostly because I was too abashed to ask for help—if I’d had a forklift I for damned sure would have used it.FeaturesTo say that the AVR-A1H is fully featured is like saying that Shohei Ohtani is multitalented. If you can think of it, the new Denon flag probably does it. But the lead story has to be this: Fifteen. As in 15 channels of on-board, built-in amplifier power, ready to drive a 15-channel Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, Auro-3D, or IMAX system, or an 11-channel system with two stereo remote rooms, or any of the myriad other configurations you can dream up. And those 15 channels are all identically powered, rated at 150 watts full-band 0.05% distortion (two-channels driven). All these channels require a truly massive main power transformer and, of course, a lot of output transistors and attendant heat sinks: hence those 71 pounds. Fifteen powered channels put the AVR-A1H at the top of the AV receiver-power heap, aside from a very few, very expensive (twice the Denon’s cost and up) and fairly esoteric designs featuring 16 or more channels. Moreover, the AVR-A1H can command up to four discrete subwoofers, each independently addressable via Dirac Live Bass Control, which we’ll get to.Visually,

Two-way that Polk has wisely kept in its lineup for nearly 20 years.) I eschewed adding a third pair of height speakers because a) my room isn't big enough to need them, b) I had no practical place to put them, and c) I was now flat out of small speakers. Making all this happen required only keeping track of a great many speaker wires, jacking the AVR-A1H into my rack-side Ethernet switch—the receiver can also use its onboard Wi-Fi, of course, but I prefer wired when available—and connecting my AV HDMI sources: a cable-box and a 4K Blu-ray player.The next step was system setup/room correction. Like all of Denon’s (and sister-brand Marantz’s) higher-level AVRs, the AVR-A1H includes Audyssey’s premier option, MultEQ XT 32, as well as Dirac Live as another option for an extra buy-in of $259 (and up).I ran Audyssey twice: once directly from the AVR-A1H, which does the full analyses and correction but does not let you view or modify the resultant curves; and subsequently from the MultEQ XT app (iOS), which performs precisely the same functions and filtering results, but allows you to view the pre- and post-correction curves (though not with great detail), and to choose from two “house” curves (treble roll off), and to delineate how far into the high-frequencies you wish correction to extend. Pretty nerdy, I know: the takeaway is that the data results were virtually identical—as expected—and Audyssey got all my speaker sizes, distances, and levels bang on the money. Crossovers for my main L/R and surrounds were set a bit higher than I usually choose, but on an initial listen I heard nothing amiss with this arrangement. (I eventually reset my main-channel high-pass to 60 Hz, as I usually employ.)Dirac has been amply covered in these pages recently, so I